Timeline of Web Browsers
This timeline displays the releases of major versions of web browsers.
It includes version numbers for milestones reached by each browser, and displays the points at which a browser started from another. Source data comes from browser websites, wikipedia articles, archive.org and some other websites.
First version created on June 12, 2007 by ADeveria for Wikipedia.
Changelog available in source.
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
WorldWideWeb / Nexus
0.1
0.4
0.7
0.11
0.12
0.14
0.18
Line Mode Browser (libwww)
0.7
0.11
1.2
1.3
1.4
2.15
3
3.1
4
5
5.1
5.2
5.2.8
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.2
5.4
5.4.1
MacWWW
1
ViolaWWW
1
3
Cello
0.1
1
UdiWWW
1
1.2
Arena
0.92
beta-1
beta-2
beta-3
0.3.18
0.3.39
0.3.63
Lynx
2
2.3
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.8.2
2.8.4
2.8.5
2.8.6
2.8.7
WebRunner / HotJava
1
3
Links
0.8
0.9
2.2
2.2
ELinks
0.3
0.9
.10
.11
w3m
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.5.2
0.5.3
SlipKnot
1
1.4
Tamaya / Amaya
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
9.5
10
11
SimulBrowse / NetCaptor
3
5
6
7
7.5
AWeb
1
2.1
3
3.4
3.5b
AMosaic
1
IBrowse
1
2.3
2.4
NCSA Mosaic
1
2
3
Arachne
1
1.7
1.9
Mosaic Netscape / Netscape Navigator
1
2
3
4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
Netscape
6
7
Netscape Browser
8
Netscape Navigator
9
Mozilla
0.6
1
1.5
Flock
0.5
0.7
1
2
2.5
Galeon
1
2
Epiphany
1
2
2.28
K-Meleon
0.5
0.8
1
1.1
1.5
SeaMonkey
1
1.1
2
Camino
0.5
1
1.5
2
Firefox
1
1.5
2
3
3.5
3.6
Internet Explorer
1
2
3
4
5
5.5
6
7
8
Internet Explorer for Mac
2
3
4
5
5.2
MyIE / MyIE2 / Maxthon
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
IEOpera / Avant Browser
7
8
9
10
11
11.5
AOL Browser / AOL Explorer
1
1.5
Gzilla / Armadillo
.0.1
.1.5
.1.7
.2.1
Dillo
0
0.1
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.8.6
2
2.1
2.2
Opera
1
2
3
3.5
4
5
6
7
7.5
8
9
9.5
9.6
10
10.1
10.5
10.6
11
Opera Mini
1
2
3
4
4.1
4.2
5
Konqueror
2
3
3.5
4
Safari
1
2
3
4
tkWWW
0.1
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.9
0.10
0.11
0.12
0.13
OmniWeb
1
2
3
4
5
5.5
5.10
Shiira
1
2
Google Chrome
0.2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
iCab
1
2
2.5
3
4
4.7
NetSurf
1
1.1
1.2
2
2.5
Based on Trident layout engine:
Based on Gecko layout engine:
Based on KHTML / WebKit layout engine: